Memoirs of the Life and Writings of the Rev. Claudius Buchanan, D.D., Late Vice-provost of the College of Fort William in Bengal, Volume 1 |
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... person to whose life and writings they relate is already well known to the world , and has established an undoubted claim to posthumous regard . The prominent station which Dr. Buchanan , occupied in India , and the zeal and ability ...
... person to whose life and writings they relate is already well known to the world , and has established an undoubted claim to posthumous regard . The prominent station which Dr. Buchanan , occupied in India , and the zeal and ability ...
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... person in whom , " to use the language of the celebrated author just alluded to , " actions both great and small , public and private , are so blended 66 66 together , " as to secure that " genuine , “ native , and lively representation ...
... person in whom , " to use the language of the celebrated author just alluded to , " actions both great and small , public and private , are so blended 66 66 together , " as to secure that " genuine , “ native , and lively representation ...
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... persons , events , and circumstances , the Author cannot flatter himself that he has been uniformly free from misapprehension and mistake . He can only say , that upon every occasion , this has been his intention and aim . One part of ...
... persons , events , and circumstances , the Author cannot flatter himself that he has been uniformly free from misapprehension and mistake . He can only say , that upon every occasion , this has been his intention and aim . One part of ...
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... persons whom I had " known , and narrowly escaped discovery . Some- " times I had nothing to eat , and had no where to " rest at night ; but , notwithstanding , I kept stea- 66 dy to my purpose , and pursued my journey . " Before ...
... persons whom I had " known , and narrowly escaped discovery . Some- " times I had nothing to eat , and had no where to " rest at night ; but , notwithstanding , I kept stea- 66 dy to my purpose , and pursued my journey . " Before ...
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... persons who might know " me or my family . I was in a short time re- " duced to the lowest extreme of wretchedness . " and want . Alas ! I had not sometimes bread to " eat . Little did my mother think , when she " dreamt , that she saw ...
... persons who might know " me or my family . I was in a short time re- " duced to the lowest extreme of wretchedness . " and want . Alas ! I had not sometimes bread to " eat . Little did my mother think , when she " dreamt , that she saw ...
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Memoirs of the Life and Writings of the REV. Claudius Buchanan, D.D., Late ... Hugh Nicholas Pearson No preview available - 2015 |
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Page 336 - ... if any man will do the will of God, he shall know of the doctrine whether it be of God.
Page 362 - this early period be advanced to see what « eye hath not " seen, nor ear heard, nor hath entered into the heart of
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Page 281 - Ask, and it shall be given unto you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you...
Page 355 - God's purpose by his Spirit working in due season : they, through grace, obey the calling : they be justified freely : they be made sons of God by adoption : they be made like the image of his only begotten Son Jesus Christ : they walk religiously in good works : and at length by God's mercy they attain to everlasting felicity.
Page 154 - He has fought a good fight ; he has finished his course ; he has kept the faith...
Page 291 - Now we believe, not because of thy saying: for we have heard him ourselves, and know that this is indeed the Christ, the Saviour of the world.
Page 240 - And I will bring the blind by a way that they knew not, I will lead them in paths that they have not known : I will make darkness light before them, and crooked things straight. These things will I do unto them, and not forsake . them.
Page 355 - Wherefore, they which be endued with so excellent a benefit of God be called according to God's purpose by his Spirit working in due season: they through grace obey the calling...
Page 349 - After we have received the Holy Ghost, we may depart from grace given, and fall into sin, and by the grace of God we may arise again, and amend our lives.